Shoe cleaner and scraper



- 4. N. ROBERTSON SHOE CLEANER AND SCRAPER Fiied May 1 9 iii 7 6Patented May 2%, was.

JESSE N. BOBEETSON, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

SHOE CLEANER AND SCBATEB.

Application filed May 10,

To aZZ w ham it may concern Be it known that Jnssn N. ROBERTSON, acitizen or the United States, residing at Portland, in the county ofMultnomah and State of Oregon, has invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shoe Cleaners and Scrapers, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The invention relates to combined shoe cleaners and scrapers and has forits object to provide a device. of this character comprising a casingformed from registering sections in which casing is disposedhorizontally disposed shafts in axial alignment with each other andprovided with heads adjacent each other between which heads and the endsof chambers in which the heads are disposed, coiled springs are disposedand forming means for normally holding said heads inwardly. The ends ofsaid axially disposed shafts extend in upwardly and inwardly andterminate in horizontally di s posed portions in parallel relation tothe shafts within the casing and adjacent a shoe scraping rib formed bythe flanges of the casing sect-ions. Also to provide the horizontallydisposed portions with shoe cleaning brushes, which brushes are slidablymounted on the shoe scraping rib of the casing.

A further object is to provide means whereby the brushes may be adjustedin relation to each other and limited in their inward movement.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings 1- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shoe cleanerand scraper.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the cleanerand scraper.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 ofFigure 1.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a casing, whichcasing is formed from similarly shaped sections 2, and 8, which sectionsmay be stamped from sheet metal or cast it so desired. However the 1921.Serial No. 468,209.

sections are preferably similarly shaped so that they areinterchangeable and in manufacture and assembly would materially reducethe cost. The casing sections 2 and 3 are provided with longitudinallydisposed semi-circular chambers 4, which chambers when brought togetherform a horizontally and longitudinally disposed chamber 5. The loweredges of the portions of the sections 2 and 3, that is theirsemi-circular sections have downwardly extending flanges 6 which areadapted to be secured together by means of screws 7, said flanges 6terminating in outwardly extending base members 8 which may be securedin any suitable manner to a support. Extending upwardly from the uppersides of the sections 2 and 3 are register-- ing flanges 9, whichflanges form a scraper for scraping mud from the sole of the shoe whenthe operators foot is forced between the shoe cleaning brushes 10. Theshoe cleaning brushes 10 are provided with recesses 11 in their undersides, which recesses receive the scraper flanges 9, and on whichscraper flanges the brushes slide and are guided during a shoe cleaningoperation when the operators foot is moved inwardly and outwardlybetween the brushes.

Disposed within the chamber 5 are the lower horizontally disposed arms12 01:" U- shaped members 13, said arms 12 being preferably in axialalignment as clearly shown in Figure 2. The arms 1% of the U-shapedmembers 13 extend inwardly from the vertical portions 15 of saidmembers, and have their ends secured as at 16 to the brushes 10, arms 14being spaced from the upper edges of the scraper flanges 9 so as not tocontact with thesame during the reciprocation of the brushes 10 on saidflanges. Secured to the inner ends of the shafts 12 are headed members17 and between which headed members and the closed ends 18 of thesemi-circular chambers 4t, coiled springs 19 are interposed, said coiledsprings forming means for normally forcing the heads 17* toward eachother and consequently main; taining the brushes 10 at their inwardposition as shown in Figure 2. thereby during a shoe cleaning operationwhen the operator forces the shoe between the brushes, said springs willact to maintain the brushes in contact with the shoe during the movementof the shoe between the brushes.

The brushes may be adjusted in relation to each other, that is so thattheir inward 20 disposed on the arms 12, and which 001- movement may belimited to a predetermined point by means of adjustablecoll'ars lars maybe adjusted to engage the closed ends 18 and limit the inward movementof the arms 12. v H

It will be seen that combined sh'oe cleaner and scraper is providedwhich is simple in construction and one wherein the brushes areslidablej and guidable on the scraping element and carried by arms of U-shaped members, thereby forming the U' I shaped members oflnttllel'lill, with slight flexibility, the brushes will be preventedfrom sticking or jamming on the scraping flanges 9. It will also be seenthat as the shoe or the operator is forced inwardly and outwardlybetween the brushes 10, that said brushes by being'slidably mounted onthe flanges 9 will not throw the main strain on the arms 14: of theU-shaped members, said strain being taken up by the flanges't).

The invention having een set forth what is claimed as new andusefulis 1. Ashoe cleaning device comprising a cylindrical casing having acylindrical cham ber therein and" closed end walls, U-shaped membershaving their arms extending towa rdseach other in axial alignment, the

arms" of each Ush'aped member being in parallel relation, said jU-shapedmembers ing formed "from 'rod material, the lower arms being axiallydisposed within the cylindrical chamber of the casing, and extendingthrough apertures in'the end walls there of, a longitudinally disposedrib carried by the upper side of the casing, brushes carried by the endsof the upper arms and slidably mounted on the rib, heads carried by theinner ends of the lower arms and'slidably mounted in the chamber of thecasing, and coiled springs interposed between said heads and the endwalls of the casing.

'2. The"combination with a shoe cleaning device comprising a casing,U-shapedmembers formed trom rod material and havlng their arms extendmgtowards each other in axial alignment, a'longit'udinally" disposed'3.*A' shoe cleaning device comprising a casing, a longitudinallydisposed rib carried said casing, brushes slidably mounted on sa d rib.Ushaped members formed from rod material and having their arms extendingto- Ward eachother and in axial alignmentwith each'other, theupperarmsol' said U-shaped members being connected to the brushes, the

lower arms of the U-shaped members being slidably mounted in the casing,springs sur I rounding said lower arms and cooperating therewith forholding the same in inward position, and adjustable stops carriedby thelower arms of said U-shaped members and cooperating with'the casingwhereby the inward movement thereof may be limited;

In test signature.

JESSE N, Ro ERTsoN,

imony whereofIhereunto affixmy

